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Dimmi, ben mio,che m'ami
Tell me, my Love, that you love me

Vier Arietten und ein Duett Op 82 Four Ariettas and a Duet Op 82

Metastasio

Say, my love, you love me,
Say that you are mine
And I will not envy
The gods their power divine.

With one single look from you,
My dear, with just one smile
You will show me paradise,
Blissful content the while.

T'intendo sì, mio cor
I hear you well, my Heart

Vier Arietten und ein Duett Op 82 Four Ariettas and a Duet Op 82

Metastasio

I hear you well, my heart,
Beating so very hard,
Expressing your complaint, I know,
That you are now in love.

But, still you pain,
Bear your affliction
Silently, and please don’t betray
My desperate affection.

L'amante impaziente
The impatient Lover

Vier Arietten und ein Duett Op 82 Four Ariettas and a Duet Op 82

Metastasio

What is my darling doing?
Perhaps she will not come?
She likes to see me pine away
Like this ……..

How slowly the sun runs its course,
Every second’s like a day.
What is my darling doing?
Perhaps she will not come ……. ?
She likes to see me pine away
Like this ……..

Odi l'aura che dolce sospira
Hear the Breeze

Vier Arietten und ein Duett Op 82 Four Ariettas and a Duet Op 82

Metastasio

Hear the breeze in flight
Sigh sweetly through the stirring fronds;
Know, it speaks to you of love.

Hear the wave caress the shore,
Gruffly moaning as it ebbs;
Know, it complains to you of love.

This sensation in your heart,
Known from what has come before
As bringing hurt or bringing joy,
Makes for pain or sheer delight.